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Bodies Found at Beach Development Construction Site

Three bodies were found at a beach construction site in El Rincón, in the Mariabé area of the district of Pedasí. The finding was reported last Thursday afternoon by an archaeologist who was digging in the area. Recovery efforts began that same day but were suspended at sundown. The Superior Public Rrosecutor of the Fourth Judicial District of Herrera and Los Santos, Eduardo Guevara, said there are sites in the area that are of interest to archaeologists, but that the bones discovered are not old. The director of the Legal Medicine Institute, Jose Vicente Pachar - who was transferred to the area accompanied by experts of the Legal Medicine Institute and the Department of Criminology of Judicial Technical Police (PTJ) - said the remains were of adults who probably were buried between 10 or 50 years ago. "The bones were found just a few centimeters under the surface layer, and heavy machinery had passed over them. We hope that today will be able to complete the recovery" he said. Later, bodies will be transferred to the laboratory of archaeology of the Legal Medicine Institute in Panama City where they will be analized.

Archaeologist Álvaro Brizuela - who found the bones - was contracted by the company Resort La Dulce to prepare a report as part of the environmental impact study the company is doing as part of their tourist development project.

"Our work will form part of the environmental impact study" said Brizuela.

A year ago the site was an abandonded area by lately foreign investors have rekindeled interest in the area.